A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval Czechoslovakia - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Josef Kemr | ... | Kozlík | |
| Magda Vásáryová | ... | Marketa Lazarova | |
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Nada Hejna | ... | Katerina |
| Jaroslav Moucka | ... | Jan | |
| Frantisek Velecký | ... | Mikolás | |
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Karel Vasicek | ... | Jirí |
| Ivan Palúch | ... | Adam 'One-handed' | |
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Martin Mrazek | ... | Václav |
| Václav Sloup | ... | Simon | |
| Pavla Polaskova | ... | Alexandria | |
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Alena Pavlíková | ... | Drahuse |
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Michal Kozuch | ... | Lazar |
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Zdenek Lipovcan | ... | Jakub |
| Harry Studt | ... | Old Count Kristián | |
| Vlastimil Harapes | ... | Young Count Kristián | |
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Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. During one of their "jobs" they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King. Kozlik prepares for the wrath of the King, and sends Mikolás to pressure his neighbor Lazar to join him in war. Persuasion fails, and in vengeance Mikolás abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa, just as she was about to join a convent. The King, meantime, dispatches an army and the religious Lazar will be called upon to join hands against Kozlik. Stripped-down, surreal, and relentlessly grimy account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity. Written by Joyojeet Pal <joyojeet@hotmail.com>
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Country:
CzechoslovakiaRelease Date:
24 November 1967 (Czechoslovakia) See more »Also Known As:
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In a scene where Marketa observes a reindeer in the forest, you can see a director Frantisek Vlacil in jacket in the left of the frame. He was actually trying to scare deer, because they didn't want to move. This could be seen only on some of the Blu-Ray and DVD versions. See more »Alternate Versions
The UK DVD is cut by 3 secs to remove a shot of a snake being stabbed. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I've only seen this movie once, in a restored print at a film festival a few years back; it's apparently not available on video in the US, which is a real shame. It's a medieval epic, basically about the clash between the old pagan world and the emerging Christian one, but there's a lot more to it than that. Visually, it's nearly as stunning as *Andrei Rublev* (and a good bit faster-paced); some of the images - wolves roaming the barren forests, horsemen in snowstorms - will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I'll admit that I'm a sucker for gloomy, wintry European art movies, especially if they work some bloody sword-fights in, too, but this is one of the overlooked Great Movies ...